“This deportation and destruction also gives rise to an important question: What was going to happen to the properties the Armenians left behind? How would they be administered?”
Haytoug Summer 2016 Issue Released
“As we see the collapse of the modern Turkish state built by “The Father of All Turks” Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, we see glimpses of the future we want to build on the horizon of the Armenian people’s struggle for genocide justice and reparations.”
HAYTOUG PREVIEW: Discovering Ourselves, Discovering Armenia
For young Armenians today, our homeland can be seen in many different ways.
HAYTOUG PREVIEW: Ughtasar
The petroglyphs, or rock engravings, of Ughtasar can be found all over Yerevan; they are inscribed onto silver jewelry, painted onto coffee cups, traced into hand-made pottery, and they adorn the walls of cafes. Reaching the actual petroglyphs of Ughtasar (“ught” meaning camel and “sar” meaning mountain, due to the resemblance of its peaks to the humps of a camel) can be a bit of a challenge, and as with most of Armenia’s noteworthy sites this provides half of the trip’s excitement and intrigue.
HAYTOUG PREVIEW: Yerevan. The Carousel City
A few months ago when I was in Yerevan, a friend and I found ourselves leisurely strolling down Abovyan Street whilst talking about our immediate experiences of the last few weeks.
ARS Hosts Leadership Seminar
The Educational Committee of the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Western U.S.A., Regional Executive organized a leadership seminar, which was held on February 20, 2010, at the Western Prelacy, “Dikran and Zarouhie Der Ghazarian” Hall, in La Crescenta, CA. This seminar followed two others, which were geared towards administrative tasks conducted by chapter secretaries and treasurers. The upcoming lecture organized by the committee is a public forum entitled “Voices of Armenian Women in the 21st Century,” which will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 6 p.m. at the Glendale Central Library, 222 E. Harvard St., Glendale, CA.
United Human Rights Council Pays Tribute To Struggle For Freedom in Turkey
The continued struggle for freedom of the speech in Turkey and those who continue to struggle to have their say were two of the themes addressed at the second annual Opposite of Silence event organized by the United Human Rights Council (UHRC) on January 15. This tribute to human rights activists in Turkey also marked the third anniversary of the assassination of Hrant Dink.
Commonality In Struggle
A lot of things are taken for granted. In our daily lives we wake up, go to class, go to work, check our emails, check our Facebook, go out, live our lives, often times taking the smallest things, usually the most important things for granted. Things like our ability to freely express ourselves, the ability to have opinions, to make them, argue about them. The ability to stand up and speak. The ability to hear and be heard.
AYF Calls on LA County Supervisor to Drop Privatization Plan
The Armenian Youth Federation issued an open letter on Tuesday calling on Los Angeles County Supervisor Antonovich to drop a proposed plan to privatize the Glendale Health Center. As a primary care facility which serves over 3,500 patients—most of whom are uninsured seniors and first-generation immigrants—GHC provides critical medical care to those in our community who need it the most, the AYF said.
Montebello AYF Keeps Culture Alive With Traditional Cooking Classes
The ‘Vahan Cardashian’ Chapter of the Armenian Youth Federation in Montebello announced on Thursday that it will begin offering its annual hands on traditional Armenian cooking classes starting February 3. The classes will be open to the public and will take place every first Wednesday of the month, for six months. Volunteers from the community will give cooking lessons on their specialty dishes.